Daria Monotreme

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"I would look up ~ and laugh ~ and love ~ and lift." (Howard Arnold Walter)"

USA
female, age 35
single
Speaks: (English), German
Joined Feb 14, 2002

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>Wake Up<

We must rapidly begin the shift from a "thing-oriented" society to a "person-oriented" society. When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, materialism, and militarism are incapable of being conquered. ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.

…what shadows we pursue. ~ Edmund Burke

Why do you spend money...for what does not satisfy?...come to Me... ~ the Creator = ) (Isa. 55: 2-3)

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Joined	Feb 14, 2002	Activist Aspirations	undeclared
Here for	Support a Cause
Group Host of	none yet
Groups	$ Boycotts $, American Wilderness Coalition, Amnesty International, Astronomy, Care2 Suicide Intervention- Information Only, Defenders of Wildlife Action Fund - Electing Pro-Wildlife Leaders, Get Out The Progressive Vote!, Human Rights Network, Love, Tolerance, and Ridiculous Stuff, Moveon.org, Naturalists, Oxfam, Physics, Protect Arctic Refuge more » Suicide And Depression (S.A.D) (Preventive- Information Group), Tobacco Free Kids, Union of Concerned Scientists

Hometown	Germany
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Birthday	July 26, 1974
Languages	(English), German
About Me	an anachronistic, cross-pollinated hybrid (or, a monotreme) ;-) ~a scientist and mystic, chipper and intense, into the aesthetic and into activism, I'm a "cosmic patriot" who's both an unflagging optimist and an unrelenting pessimist (see G.K. Chesterton's "Orthodoxy")
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Political Leaning	Depends
Religions	Christian
Eating Habits
Wild Fact About Me	Sometimes, I listen to cheesy Kazakh pop music. HElp! ; )
My Philosophy	baby-step it be real life poop that gets dumped in our "backyard" can become great fertilizer ; ) invite God into each moment (that is, the conscious communion with God, since God of course fills every moment, but we are most often too dulled and distracted to notice)
What Gives Me Hope
If I were Mayor, I'd make the world a better place by
What/who changed my life and why	heavens!--how does one narrow that down?--we are constantly being changed by what we encounter, in whatever form, and the changes keep happening, which is as it should be... : )
What Bugs Me
Passions
Inspirations	nature and the Creator and people like~, my sibs and my cousin Terry, a particular Stephen Smith : ), Kim Phuc and Mukhtaran Bibi, Muhammad Yunus, Corrie ten Boom, Mother Teresa, Oswald Chambers, Louisa May Alcott, Sojourner Truth, Sts. Francis and Clare of Assisi
What Scares Me
Favorites
Role Models	Jesus, my parents and grandparents, my mentor-friend Jackie Cotton, Wilberforce and U.S. 1860s activists, the prophet-prince Daniel
Quotation	(among others) Oswald Chambers: The whole of the life...is an aspiration for unbroken communion with God. Dan Allender: To honor what God has called me to be is the reason I choose the path of change. Oswald Chambers: There is a difference between devotion to a Person and devotion to principles or to a cause. [Jesus] never proclaimed a cause; he proclaimed personal devotion to Himself. Unless we can look the darkest...fact full in the face without damaging God's character, we do not yet know Him. Nature...is sacramental...In every wind that blows, in every night and day of the year, in every sign of the sky, in every blossoming and in every withering of the earth, there is a real coming of God to us if we will simply use our starved imagination to realize it. Tennyson: ...life is not as idle ore, But iron dug from central gloom, And heated hot with burning fears, And dipt in baths of hissing tears, And batter’d with the shocks of doom To shape and use. C. S. Lewis: Most things which humans are excited about, such as health and sickness, age and youth, or war and peace, are, from the point of view of the spiritual life, mainly raw material. Solomon (Prov. 24:11-12): Deliver those being taken away to death, and those who are staggering to slaughter, Oh hold them back. If you say, "See, what did I know of this," does not He consider it who weighs the hearts? And does He not know it who keeps your soul? And will He not render to people according to their work? Martin Luther King, Jr.: I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Our loyalties must transcend our race, our tribe, our class, and our nation; and this means we must develop a world perspective. Mother Teresa: If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Jean Baptiste Henry Lacordaire: We are the leaves of one branch, the drops of one sea, the flowers of one garden. G.K. Chesterton: It will be said that a rational person accepts the world as mixed of good and evil with a decent satisfaction and a decent endurance. But this is exactly the attitude which I maintain to be defective...what we need is not the cold acceptance of the world as a compromise, but some way in which we can heartily hate and heartily love it...We have to feel the universe at once as an ogre's castle, to be stormed, and yet as our own cottage, to which we can return at evening... can [we] hate it enough to change it, and yet love it enough to think it worth changing? Nietzsche: Let [you] who fights monsters beware lest [you] become a monster; and [you] who gaze into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.
Interests	this wondrous universe = )
Books	Godan--Premchand, Watership Down--Adams, Orthodoxy--Chesterton, The Screwtape Letters--C.S. Lewis, The Brothers Karamazov--Dostoevsky, Man's Search for Meaning--Frankl, the Bible = ), Lord of the Rings--Tolkien, Beloved--Toni Morrison
Music	classical, --European and American--, from Hildegard of Bingen and Palestrina, to Tobias Picker and Osvaldo Golijov, Enya, old-time jazz and Latin music, other "world" music
Movies	Miyazaki films, Himalaya, Pride and Prejudice (1994), Jean de Florette, Manon de Source, A Town Like Alice, Dead Poets Society, Ladyhawke, Amelie, Monty Python: The Search for the Holy Gr, Lord of the Rings, ...yes: The Sound of Music
TV Shows	TV programming is mostly yuck and blah
Favorite Foods
Favorite Places	my grandparents' old thatched-roof home, CO Rockies, N. CA coast, Swiss and Italian Alps, Amrum (in the N. Sea), Ruegen (in the Baltic), Vienna, Yosemite and giant sequoia groves, Bryce and Zion NP
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Dec 12, 2009 3:48 PM
Cheryl B. (159)	Dear Daria - I hope you are well and enjoying this beautiful time of the year. Love, Cheryl
Jun 18, 2009 8:01 PM
Cheryl B. (159)	Especially for you because you're such a special person!
Mar 21, 2009 5:32 PM
Sandy K. (1)	Graphics I like this one too!
Mar 21, 2009 5:30 PM
Sandy K. (1)	MySpace Graphics HUGS to you Daria!
Dec 27, 2008 2:44 AM
Sandy K. (1)	Christian Glitter by www.christianglitter.com May God always bless you Daria.
Dec 21, 2008 7:18 PM
Patricia D. (3)	Please forgive.. I had to break this into 3 comments, so please begin with #3 and read up. p Here we are, as we pray for peace, We’ll live simply and give more. We care for those far and near to us, Which brings cheer to us, once more. God brings down The haughty from high places, And lifts up the low. God cares for the hungry and the humble, so – Forget the stress and let the peace and justice flow!
Dec 21, 2008 7:09 PM
Patricia D. (3)	Have Yourself a Peace and Justice Christmas Have yourself a peace and justice Christmas, Set your heart a-right. Flee the malls and focus on Christ’s guiding light. Have yourself a peace and justice Christmas, Give your time a way. Share God’s love, And serve “the least of these” today.
Dec 21, 2008 7:01 PM
Patricia D. (3)	A Christmas song for you—to the tune of "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas." Patricia
Dec 16, 2008 9:47 PM
Mayke K. (217)	Sweet, beautiful Daria, I hope you are well and happy. Thanks for being such an inspiring light! Much love, Mayke
Dec 13, 2008 10:07 PM
Cheryl B. (159)	Dearest Daria, what a wonderful friend you are! I haven't been able to be on C2 very much, but looking through my messages, I find some special things from you. You are truly a beautiful person! Have a happy Christmas, dear friend. Lots of Love, Cheryl
Dec 8, 2008 10:48 PM
Heidi T. (352)	Love the new pic! Beautiful smile.
Nov 27, 2008 4:02 AM
Sandy K. (1)	Awesome MySpace Comments & Myspace Layouts Have a very blessed day Daria!
Oct 14, 2008 2:59 AM
Sandy K. (1)	Christian Glitter by www.christianglitter.com Beautiful picture Daria!
Oct 3, 2008 12:56 PM
Mayke K. (217)	Daria, it's so good to see your new profile picture! Congrats, dear friend!! I hope you are having the time of your life in Arizona, and that it feels like home for you. Alles Gute to you... Lots of love and a warm hug ~ Mayke
Jul 27, 2008 9:56 PM
Sandy K. (1)	Christian Glitter by www.christianglitter.com HAPPY BIRTHDAY DARIA! Christian Glitter by www.christianglitter.com I hope you are having fun, relaxing, and spoiling yourself on your birthday. You have worked so hard and deserve many blessings for years to come. Much love and hugs to you!
Jul 26, 2008 8:02 AM
Mayke K. (217)	Happy Birthday, dearest Daria! Here is a field of Arizona roses for you, my friend. Wishing you a beautiful and joyful day and a great year ahead of you when you step into your new life in Arizona. May it be fulfilling to your heart in every way! Lots of love and Alles Gute! ~ Mayke
Jul 19, 2008 2:59 PM
Heidi T. (352)	Happy Birthday Dear Friend! May you have a wonderful day.
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Sandy K. (1)	Christian Glitter by www.christianglitter.com Awesome Graphics and Myspace Layouts at pYzam.com ALL THAT HARD WORK PAID OFF!
Jun 20, 2008 4:50 PM
Patricia D. (3)	Thank you for the Green Star ! Fondly, Patricia Sorry, I don't know HOW to get the image to show!